Iron fence



y mme B G DBVOB l IRON FENCE. No. 271,196. Patented Jan.23',1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT @EEICE BENJAMIN o. DEvoE, or KENTON, AssIeNoE To 'run LIMA InoNEENoE COMPANY, OF LIMA, OHIO.

IRON FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 110.271,19, dated January 213, 1883,

Application inea september es, Issa. (No model.) i

To all whom it .may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN G. DEvoE, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Kenton, in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Irou Fences; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the salue, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the letters and gures ot' reference markedNl thereon, which form a part of this specitcar" tion.

Myinvention relates to improvements in iron fences having punched rails; and it consists, first, in the manner of securing the malleable ornament to the picket-rod; second, in the construction and arrangement of the bearing parts of theornaments upon the rails, whereby the pickets and rails can be more easily adapted to inclined grades.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of two pickets connected by a portion of the upper rail of my improved iron fence. Fig. 2 is a vertical section ot' the picket through the rod and ornament, and a cross-section of the rail through which the rod extends. Fig. 3 is a top view ot' the rail and `a cross-section of the picketrod in the hole of the rail. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the ornament detached.

The object ot' my invention is to provide means for the adjustment of the rails and pickets by bearings extending from the ornaments of the latter and resting upon diagonally-ou posite points of the rail upon either side of the picket-rod, for which purpose a channel-T form of rail is used by preference.

Another object oi' my invention is to permanently secure the ornament ofthe picket to the rod, so that the lattercannot be turned within the former, thereby retaining the ornament in place upon the rod, and making the fence stronger and more durable.

Ais a portion of fence to which my improvements are applied, consisting ofthe two pickets a, connected by a piece ot' the upper rail, c. (Seen in Fig; 1.) A portion ofthe rail is broken out at the front, so as to show the positionof l the picket and itsrelation to the rail through which it extends.

u. is the ornament, which has two rearward and downward extending loops, d and c, (the latter at its lower end,) which inclose the rod b above and below the rail. jection,f, at the top of loop c, on the inside of the ornament, forms a bearing for the lower edge of the front ange, g, of the rail. Between this and the end ot' loop d, which rests upon the rear edge ot' the upper surface at the angle c', the rail is supported. rlhe hole It in the rail is made oblong, as seen in Fig. 3,' to receive thepicketand to allow ofthe adjustment of the rail thereon to inclined grades, as seen in the View Fig. 1. rlhis part I do not claim as new, as oblong holes have been before used, though not in connection with the other parts lheretofore described. rFhe hole h is made through the main or body part connecting the front and rear danges, and the picket-rod b extends through the loop d, (seen extending at an angle downward from the ornament at the middle part,) through the rail, and through loop c at the lower end of the ornament. The top of the ornament inclosiug the rod is tubular, as seen in the figures, and on the rear side, near thetop, there is an indentation, i, cast in it, the object of which is to allow of the thin metal at the bottom being set into lthe rod b by means ot' a taper round-ended punch indenting both ornament and rod together, as seen in Fig. 2. The rod used in this example is round, although a square rod may be substituted, the interior ot' the tubular portion and loops of the ornament being made to correspond.

The parallel dotted lines at the middle of rail c in Fig.l 1 represent the body oi" the same. By reference to this figure it will be seen that while the rail is 4readily adjustable between the pointsd andfit is securely held from vertical displacement upon the picket-rod by these bearings, which rest directly upon it above and below at diagonally-opposite points.

I am aware that ornaments having loops above and below the rail, through which the rod ot' the picket extends, are not new, and I therefore do not claim them, but my device An angular pro-v 'l 527i, i196 dilfers materially in that the bearing-points are formed upon the ornament, which pivot the rail between them, these points being diagonally opposite and resting ,on the outer surfaces of the rail.

I claim as my improvement.-

1. In au iron fence having wrought rods and malleable ornaments, the ineans for securing the ornament to the picketrod, which consists in casting said ornament with an indentation therein, as described, and having the metal of the ornament indented or driven into the rod by a punch, substantially as set forth.

2. In an iron fence having a channel-T- shaped rail punched for the picket-rods, an ornament provided with two loops-one above and one below the rail-each inclosingthe picket-rod and extending rearward and downward in parallel lines, the upper loop resting upon the top surface of the rail behind the picket-rod, and operating in connection with an angular bearing which supports the front iiange of said rail, as a means for allowing the adjustment ot' the latter to grade, substantially as set forth.

3. vIn an iron fence having punched rails and malleable ornaments, a picket ornament provided with an angular bearing to support the front ange, and a downward and rearward extending loop inclosing the rod above the rail, and resting upon the rear upper surface of the latter behind the rod, whereby an upper and lower bearing ot' said rail is secured at diagonally opposite points, substantially as set forth.-

4. In an iron fence having punched rails and malleable ornaments, a picket ornament provided with diagonally-opposite bearings for the upper and under surface of the rail, which latter is adjustable thereon,'and having itsinclosing-loops extending rearward and downward in the same direction, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence oi' two witnesses.

BENJAMIN G. DEVOE.

l Witnesses:

B. C. CONVERSE, G. M. GRIDLEY. 

